Most of us have heard of the main asteroid belt located between Jupiter and Mars. Astronomers estimate it contains between 1.1 and 1.9 million asteroids larger than 0.6 miles (1 km), along with millions of smaller ones.
Thousands of asteroids called Trojans occupy the stable regions of space around Jupiter called the L4 and L5 Lagrange points 60° ahead and 60° behind the planet. At these locations, they're equidistant from Jupiter and the sun.
World's Youngest Astronomer: Meet 8-Year-Old Brazilian Asteroid Hunter | Nature World News
An 8-year-old girl has already made an impressive opinion on the solar system even though she has stayed on planet Earth not too long.
Nicole "Nicolinha" Oliveira who is from Brazil has been nicknamed the "world's youngest astronomer."
In Nicolinha's recent interview with AFP, she explained that she has already succeeded in discovering 18 preliminary detections that have a high chance of being asteroids.
Science of Psyche: Unique Asteroid Holds Clues to Early Solar System
More than 150 years have passed since novelist Jules Verne wrote "Journey to the Center of the Earth," but reality has yet to catch up with that science fiction adventure.
Called Psyche, this asteroid orbits the Sun in the main asteroid belt, between Mars and Jupiter. Using data gathered from Earth-based radar and optical telescopes, scientists believe that Psyche is made largely of metal.
8-Year-Old Asteroid Hunter From Brazil Is Officially The World's Youngest Astronomer
When Nicole Oliveira was just learning to walk, she would throw up her arms to reach for the stars in the sky.
Today, at just eight years of age, the Brazilian girl is known as the world's youngest astronomer, looking for asteroids as part of a NASA-affiliated program, attending international seminars and meeting with her country's top space and science figures.
"Mini Psyches" Give Insights Into Mysterious Metal-Rich Near-Earth Asteroids That Could One Day
New research into metal-rich asteroids reveals information about the origins and compositions of these rare bodies that could one day be mined.
Metal-rich near-Earth asteroids, or NEAs, are rare, but their presence provides the intriguing possibility that iron, nickel, and cobalt could someday be mined for use on Earth or in Space.
Asteroid larger than Big Ben to float past Earth next week says Nasa | Science | News |
According to the American space agency, the size of the space rock could be anywhere between 144 and 325 feet wide.
In other words, the asteroid is bigger than London’s own Big Ben (315 ft) and New York’s Statue of Liberty (151 ft).
The agency issued a warning as any fast-moving space object to come within a 4.65m miles ratio around Earth is considered “potentially hazardous.”
Sample snagged from asteroid arrives for UH analysis | University of Hawaiʻi System News
Planetary scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are studying samples of the asteroid Ryugu , returned to Earth by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft flown by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
Scientists at the W.M. Keck Cosmochemistry Laboratory at HIGP have also been working on Ryugu samples.
Two Metal-Rich Near-Earth Asteroids Could Be Prime Candidates For Space Mining | IFLScience
Artist's impression of asteroid 1986 DA making a close approach to Earth. These approaches are close enough to make it relatively affordable to launch mining missions and bring the products back. Image Credit: Addy Graham/University of Arizona
The idea of mining asteroids for metals has moved from the realm of science fiction to start-up companies . One problem, however, is that only a small proportion of asteroids are rich in what we need, and most of these are inconveniently located at the further edge of the main asteroid belt.
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